Mike Stacey

Hannover Hammock [Part 2 of 3]

Part 1 is here 😛

Palac Wiejce [Set 1 of 3]

Shot in a grand old Polish palace we stayed in. We were the only guests as it was winter. Pretty spooky actually out in the corridors at night but a truly memorable stay for sure.

HANNOVER HAMMOCK [Part 1 of 3]

Dunno 'bout you, but stockings do it for me 🥵

Nikon Z6
35mm f2.8 manual focus, 50mm f1.8.

Portraits of Shasta

I have a number of different series of portraits of Shasta coming to Patreon, most of which haven't been edited before. These particular images have been shown before. They were shot on the Pentax 67 on Kodak Portra 160 and Tri-X.

What I loved about shooting Shasta was the way her skin glowed and shone on film. I knew t...

Portrait of Emma

First of a series of portraits of Emma.

Inside a photoshoot

I shot a heap of images of Jan-Karel Kok (@jankarelkok) shooting Aurora at Emma's (@riel.life) place in Lopik, Netherlands. This is one of my favourite forms of photograph...

Scheveningen Preview

Coming soon, analog and digital.

EITHER YOU FEEL IT OR YOU DON'T - CURRENT CREATIVE CHALLENGES

I guess most creatives don’t reach the stage of development that we have. I’m not trying to say, “wow look how fucking great we are” by the way, I’m saying we’re at that stage where we are desperately trying for something new. This can be painful, for both of us. It means Aurora is looking for ways to escape her �...

Belgium - Netherlands - Germany Tour

This tour is nearly done. We’re currently in the Utrecht area and heading to Hannover tonight then via Berlin to Poznan.

First stop was Antwerp where Aurora had a number of shoots. We shot some stuff in the AIRBNB we were staying in, film and digital.

Next stop was Lopik in the Netherlands where we stayed for ...

Scheveningen

A little video before we shot a set in the grasses behind the dunes at Scheveningen, Netherlands. Scheveningen is one of our fave places to hang, we’ve been there many times, the first time was 2018 with Zoi model. I’ve ...

BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE [2 OF 2] - MADRID

Set 2, the first set is here. The last shot is one of a fashion set we shot in Madrid, which I'll upload soon.

BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE [1 OF 2] - MADRID

A flurry of action, disarray and passion. Hope you can feel it.

LUCY - OUTDOOR NUDES [SET 2 OF 2]

Set 1 with tech. specs is here. 

AURORA & ANA

One of a series of images made with Aurora and Ana in Lisbon, April 2023. Most of these will be posted as single images until the whole series has been edited.

TECH

Z6, 50mm, ISO 6400, f6.3, 1/40s, manual focus. Aperture can't ...

AKROTIRI - SANTORINI

Don't forget that as a Cream tier subscriber, you have access to my CREAM archives here.

The password is !*ThecReaMVault*! - and don't forget where to find that password - it's in the collection "Important News".

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LAKE GEORGE

Lake George is a huge salt lake which intermittently fills with water although the last time it full was 1971. It's said to be over a million years old. I've always loved places like this where there is an unobstructed view...

TRUE COLOURS - PHOTOGRAPHING EMOTION

This video was made at a time when I was searching for ways to push my portrait work toward something more meaningful, something that would make my work something more than "model photography". I talked about this is many previous articles, namely the following recent ones...

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CROATIA PREVIEW

This set was shot here just after sunset. The light was something else, the long twilight glow making for great skin tones.

Many more images from this set plus full technical notes in The Cream tier.

LUCY - OUTDOOR NUDES [SET 1 OF 2] - WITH TECH SPECS

Here is set 1 of the promised set of Lucy on film...

TECH STUFF

They were shot with one of my Pentax 67's (both broken now) on TRI-X.

Processing was using the same formula I've used all my life, Ilford ID-11 mixed 1:1 for working strength solution. Processing times were us...

CROATIA

This set was shot here just after sunset. The light was something else, the long twilight glow making for great skin tones.

The shots in the water went for about an hour leading up to almost darkness. These were really challenging because ...

COMPILATION VIDEO

Some work from 2017 Jan-Feb featuring Anne Duffy, Flavia, Lucy Art Model, Porcelain Alice, Taliah, Sienna Hayes.

Soundtrack by Cowboy Junkies.

VIDEO IS HERE.

WHAT MAKES A GOOD PHOTOGRAPH AND HOW DO I TAKE ONE? [Part 2 of 2]

We need somewhere to start, a trigger. That’s my left brain talking – see – I need a formula. A formula for being an artist! A little contradictory.

Anyway, here goes…

If you can put any of these emotions ...